Do You Have Leaky Gut?? Take This Quiz to Find Out...

What's leaky gut you say? Well, think of your gut as the first line of defense against bacteria, viruses, and toxins.  It's designed to keep everything out of your bloodstream except for the broken down nutrients from digested food.  Nothing else should be getting through.

With leaky gut, however, "gaps" and tears are present within the intestinal wall, so toxins literally "leak" into your bloodstream.  Yikes!!  Once these toxins, bacteria, viruses, and large undigested food particles get through the leaks, they wreck havoc on your immune system.  You body mounts a "fight or flight" response, desperately trying to move this gunk out of your bloodstream.  It has nowhere else to put these toxins except in your joints, and brain, thyroid, breasts, arterial walls, and whatever other organ it can push it into.  What this does is create inflammation and irritation, which leads to aches, pains and diseases like Hashimoto's thyroiditis, arthritis, brain fog, dementia, and cancer!

So what are some of the symptoms of a leaky gut?? Check below to see if you have any of these issues...

1. Abdominal bloating and/or discomfort.  This may be one of the most common signs that your gut is asking for help. Whether it's gas, bloating, diarrhea, nausea or constipation, any abdominal discomfort is cause for concern of leaky gut.

2. Joint aches- One of the most common places for your immune cells to stuff these toxins is in your joints.  Over time, this inflammation causes pain and damage to the joint

3. Fatigue, anxiety and depression- Most people don't immediately connect the gut with how you feel mentally and emotionally, but it's actually one of the primary places to start looking.  If your gut is leaky, then you aren't synthesizing all of your feel good neurotransmitters which are primarily made...yep, you guessed it...in the gut!!

4. Autoimmune disease- Come on...the body doesn't naturally "attack" itself!!  But it DOES go on attack against anything that isn't supposed to be in the bloodstream.  Have an autoimmune disease is a CLEAR sign that you have leaky gut.  Something has leaked into your bloodstream, and now your immune system is on the attack!

5. Weight gain- Food sensitivities are one of the most common causes of persistent and stuck weight gain.  Undigested food particles that leak through your gut create more toxins in your body which then get stored out of the bloodstream.  One of the places these can be stored is in fat cells.  Your body will be very resistant to releasing weight, and particularly fat, if there are toxins stored in it.

Do you have any of these symptoms?  What do you do now?  

There are a few things you can begin to do today to start healing your leaky gut!

1. Try intermittent fasting- Why does this work?  It gives your body a "break" from the hard work of digesting your food.  It literally gives your gut a "rest." Most people just graze throughout the day and never have a true resting period between meals.  If your body is busy digesting, it can't be repairing.  Try taking a true 4-6 hour break between your meals...without grazing.

2. Remove the wheat and gluten.  These products contain a protein which weaken the tight junctions in the gut...literally creating leaky gut on the spot when you eat it. They also contain glyphosate and GMO's here in the United States.

3. Start repairing your gut with probiotics.  Probiotics provide the "good" bacteria that will overtake and kill off the bad bacteria as well as yeast overgrowth.  These "good" bacteria also help to secrete substances that plug in the leaks in the gut. Research now shows that spore-based probiotics survive better, release nutrients and help to repair leaky gut better than most commercially purchased probiotics.  Here is one to start today...

4. Reset Your Body!!  As you are repairing your gut, you HAVE to get the toxins that have been stored inside of your body that are wrecking havoc...OUT!!  Otherwise, you might be repairing further damage, but still feeling like crap!!  Any toxins left inside will continue to wreck havoc on your weight, organs, and mood.  This is why I am so passionate about Total Body Reset.  You do everything with one program...heal your gut, remove the toxins, reprogram your mind, and reverse your issues quickly.  If you are interesting in having this all in one program, check it out HERE.

Remember, if your gut isn't healthy, NOTHING is healthy!!  This is something that can be changed...and healed...PERIOD!! Take action today or comment below to let me know what you plan to do to start healing your gut today!!